Teen Counterfeiters Microwaved Fake $20 Bills - Tried To Buy Food - Caught

[matcom]

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These kinds of counterfeiters aren't likely to keep U.S. Secret Service investigators up late.

First, one of them accidentally torched $400 worth of fake $20 bills in his microwave oven trying to improve their texture.

Then, when he and his buddy tried to pay for food at a restaurant drive-through at The Waterfront with two fake $20s, the cashier became suspicious and called police.

They then took off in a pickup truck, got arrested in Swissvale and ended up telling on the guy they say made the bills on his computer: John Woodyear, of Squirrel Hill, at the time a Penn State University student studying aerospace engineering.

Woodyear, 19, is on trial in U.S. District Court on charges of making and selling counterfeit money, and his pals are testifying against him.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04071/284025.stm

[kitkatrose]

1. Sheesh. About three years ago,

that happened at my high school. Some guys made fake 20s and pass them off at lunch in the cafeteria and no one knew until it was time to count the money. They were caught when they tried to use them again at the football game that night. :eyes: The thing is, they said they learned how to counterfit from the Discovery Channel.